Anyone know what type of temps the mountains are hitting? I had visions of glaciers getting cooked in the PNW.

Section of Highway 2 melts near Stevens Pass

WSDOT is getting ready to repave a portion of highway 2, between Gold Bar and Monroe, after it started melting due to the extreme heat and heavy traffic in early June. Maintenance crews temporarily put chip seal on the road before it was set to be repaved. The weather and heat caused the chip seal to fail and until the asphalt gets a new look in a few weeks, it will have a few bumps in the road.

Randy Gossler is an employee at a local fruit stand just off Highway 2 in the small town of Startup, between Gold Bar and Monroe. He was not surprised when the road started melting at the beginning of June.

"I can understand it, yes, with the amount of traffic and the amount of heat that we've had this year that the road would start breaking down," Gossler said. "There's a heavy flow of traffic here seven days a week during the summer."

Gossler said for the people heading to Stevens Pass Highway 2 is pretty much their only option.

"You've got all your festivals that go everywhere from Leavenworth all the way to the Okanogan to Wenatchee all Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter, so basically 12 months a year it's busy out here," Gossler said. "I joke with people that I moved out here simply to get away from city traffic, but city traffic is here."

WSDOT said that even though traffic is heavy this type of problem you just can't predict. They said drivers do not need to worry about their safety being at risk, they said if there was a legitimate concern they would shut down the roadway. They plan to repave the highway after the 4th of July.

Trevor Burrell lives just off the Highway and he said the difference has been noticeable since the melting started to take place.

"I've had people message me on my phone and were like 'What happened to your road', and I'm like I don't know," Burrell said. "It doesn't look right. It's got all these holes in it. It almost looks like someone jabbed the road up."

Burrell said he's looking forward to a permanent fix so traffic can travel smoothly once again.